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I have about 5 of them , 2 planted close to a north facing wall in a well drained rockery , with my succulents .
The biggest problem is that we get to much rain in gauteng , and they rot , so I barely water this bed .

The best is to plant them in containers , with a mix of coarse sand compost and soil .
Water sparingly , to little is better than to much .
No water during winter , and keep them on a north facing patio .

They grow VERY slowly , so buy the biggest 1 you can find , the base must be nice and thick .
If you look in my report in this forum section under "indiginous plants in the highveld" for some names of nurserys that stock these .

I have a friend that grows Baobab Bonsai trees in Gauteng and during winter he pulls the whole tree out the pot and leaves it on a shelf in his garage. In summer he replants it and it grow well. He says if he doesn't do this they can die. Maybe the Impala Lily is the same but I couldn't leave such a beautiful plant on a shelf in the garage for the whole of winter, just don't seem right.

I keep mine in a huge pot on my North West Porch in beautiful Summerstrand PE Top Soil (Beach Sand) and only rain water. Ive only had him since September so we will see

(PS MODS I dont know what happened but I didnt intentionally reduce this shot but to me it only looks like 450 odd Kb???? I still havent had a chance to get night owl to show me and my son is writing his final BComm Accounts so he can do Honours next year so he can then apply for the St Andrew's Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford and then get his CA....hopefully he will get that Senior Financial Execs job or similar at San Parks??)

I cant recall them selling seeds , although try pm'ing knp spokesman and asking him if he could find out for you .
At worst case , you could always buy a small 1 , and I bet it would transport pretty well if you wash its potting soil of carefully and transport it as is .

If you have frost free winters , and not to much rain in summer I am sure that they can grow well .
Apparently they form a mini baobab in as little as 5 years , so they do not take forever to grow , in spite of the age they can attain .

I would plant 1 out on the pavement if it wasnt for the cold winters here .